Puentes de Salud
Albert Paredes is an experienced Emergency Medical Technician at Drexel University Emergency Medical Services, where responsibilities include providing basic life support, conducting patient assessments, and maintaining detailed medical records. Concurrently, Albert serves as a Resident Assistant, fostering a supportive community for 44 residents while ensuring safety and adherence to policies. Academic prowess is demonstrated through roles as an Undergraduate Student Researcher with the Fleming and Ji Groups, focusing on formylation reactions and nanowire synthesis, along with experience as a Student Ambassador, leading campus tours and discussing university resources. Volunteer work as a Spanish Interpreter with Puentes de Salud includes facilitating communication between physicians and Hispanic patients, while a recent co-op at Incyte involved designing assays for drug discovery in cancer research. Albert is pursuing a Master of Science in Organic Chemistry at Drexel University, building upon a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
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Puentes de Salud
The mission of Puentes de Salud is twofold: It exists to ensure the health and wellness of South Philadelphia’s rapidly growing Latino immigrant community, and it serves to educate future generations of community advocates, health care providers, educators and leaders by providing opportunities for responsible and respectful community engagement. Puentes de Salud operates on a multidisciplinary, community-based collaborative model that promotes health and wellness through low-cost, high-quality health care, community development and innovative educational programs. Since its founding, Puentes de Salud has prioritized the development of a comprehensive plan for Latino health in South Philadelphia, guided by three objectives: 1. To provide medical services targeting the immediate acute and chronic health needs of the population 2. To design sustainable, long-term strategies for health promotion and disease prevention 3. To create a research partnership between local universities and the community in order to develop best practices for the care of the Latino population, locally and nationally